Metal lath or sheathing.



Patented .luly Il, |899. G. A. TURNBULL.

METAL LATH 0R SHEATHING.

(Application filed Aug. 13, 1898.)

(Nol Model.)

UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. TURNBULL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

METAL LATH OTR'SHEATH-ING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,565, dated July 11, 1899.

Application filed August 13, 1898. Serial No. 688,528. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. TURNBULL, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Metal Laths or Sheathing; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and. exact description Of the invention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

- My invention relates to an improvement' generally in metal laths or metal sheathing, more especially in securing the same to the studding.

It has for its Object to simplify and expedite the nailing or securing of the laths' or sheathing and to dispense Withthense of wire heretofore employed for that purpose,

-Which passes therethrough and through the i studding and is tied at the back.

It consists, therefore, of a single or double pointed and intermediarily-looped fastening, the intermediary loop of said fastening passing through and suitably held in an opening in the studding and the lath or sheathing presented to the points of said fastening upon the respective sides of the studding and said .points driven Or forced through said laths or Fig. 4 is a view disclosing the application of the invention to a T-studding.

In the embodiment of my invention I produce each fastening A for securing or nailing the laths or sheathing upon the studding from a piece of stout Wire, not unlike that from which barbed fence-wire is formed, of suitable length. Each end of the length of wire or blank thus formed and constituting the prospective fastening is pointed or sharpened to adapt it to readily puncture the laths or sheathing under the application of pressure;V Intermediately Of its ends I form the ing the wire itself with an approximately U- shaped loop or bend at that point. Either one or both ends of the fastening may be sharpened or pointed and the same would equally serve the purposes of my invent-ion.

In applying my invention I provide the studding B, consisting of cast-iron uprights, such as commonly used in constructing modern fireproof buildings, with holes b at the requisite intervals, preferably vertically elongated, and affix the fastening bypassing their loops or bends into said Openings and then by inserting, say, an ordinary four-penny nail or key c into the protruding portion of each loop as far as admissible the fastening will be keyed upon said st-udding. The laths or sheathing are now presented to the barbed or pointed ends of the fastening, and, as above pointed out, while held against the same a block of WOod or other suitable material is placed against the lath or sheathing and the blow or force delivered upon said block, the emerging or penetrating point of the fastening then being clenched down upon said lath or sheathing, thus secu ring the latter in place upon the studding. As also above stated, this form of fastening does away with the use of Wire heretofore employed for tying the lath vOr sheathing upon the studding, and it is quickly applied and effective.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1 The combination with alath or sheathing and studding having openings therein, of

intermediary loop and a key, said loop passed through said studding and said key passed through said loop, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE A. TURNBULL.-

Witnesses:

S. E. GOODING, p FRANK M. MONTGOMERY.

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